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English
Noun
eas
- plural of ea
Anagrams
- -ase, AES, ASE, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, ase, esa, sea
Estonian
Noun
eas
- inessive singular of iga
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish es(s) (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).
Noun
eas m (genitive singular easa, nominative plural easanna)
- waterfall, cascade, rapid
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish es (“stoat, weasel”), from Old Irish nes(s).
Noun
eas f (genitive singular easa, nominative plural easa)
- stoat, weasel
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
eas
- The name of the Latin-script letter s/S.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
- Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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eas
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n-eas
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heas
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t-eas
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 es(s) ‘cataract, rapid’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 es ‘stoat, weasel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nes(s) ‘weasel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
eās
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of eō
Pronoun
eās
- accusative feminine plural of is
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish es, ess (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).
Noun
eas m (genitive singular easa, plural easan)
- waterfall, cascade, falls
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.